use SUDO command .. but the root sysadmin.. should have to add to the list of users to let u use sudo on any user's shell .. On Sat, Apr 15, 2006 at 12:43:57PM -0500, Matt England wrote: > How can one install .deb package as non-root user? I see a 'dpkg --root' > parameter, but it doesn't seem to help (as per below). > > Redhat's rpm can install with an non-root account; why not > dpkg/apt/wajig...or maybe one of these things can do this somehow and I > don't know about it? > > I'm part of a software development team that plans to produce Debian > packages. However, one of our requirements is to be able to support > non-root installs of our software (to a user's home directory, for > example). I would be quite disappionted if the Debian package system can > not support this. > > Are there any workarounds if Debian packages can not do this? Will > alien-rpm support non-root installs with .rpm's on Debian? > > -Matt > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1:30pm [~] 18> dpkg --root ~ -i > libboost-filesystem1.32.0_1.32.0-6_i386.deb > dpkg: requested operation requires superuser privilege > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1:30pm [~] 19> whoami > mengland > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1:30pm [~] 20> pwd > /home/mengland > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1:30pm [~] 21> dpkg --root /home/mengland -i > libboost-filesystem1.32.0_1.32.0-6_i386.deb > dpkg: requested operation requires superuser privilege > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1:30pm [~] 22> cat /etc/iss > issue issue.net > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1:30pm [~] 22> cat /etc/issue > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1:31pm [~] 23> uname -a > Linux localhost 2.6.12-1-686 #1 Tue Sep 27 12:52:50 JST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1:38pm [~] 24> file > libboost-filesystem1.32.0_1.32.0-6_i386.deb > libboost-filesystem1.32.0_1.32.0-6_i386.deb: Debian binary package (format > 2.0) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1:38pm [~] 25> > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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